Compact WP Audio Player: Cross-site request forgery
Compact WP Audio Player is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.
- Component
- Compact WP Audio Player
- Plugin slug
compact-wp-audio-player- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 18, 2021
This CVE was published Oct 18, 2021 and is one of 6 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Compact WP Audio Player to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Compact WP Audio Player WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 does not implement nonce checks, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change the "Disable Simultaneous Play" setting via a CSRF attack.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N